Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-16
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Tunbridge.
The river was very high and came into
the highway in many places Sunday
morning
waterville.
Mrs. l.. p. Palmer has gone to st. Johns
bury and expects to 90 South before her
return home ...John Anderson has re
turned from st. Adams where he ha, been
stopping for the past few months.....
Cyrus Jayues's eyesight has been rapidly
failing him for the past year until now he
has become entirely blind 90. Twenty
reck's hall Friday evenlng Luke Potter
Is on the sick list this week and Nelson
Jaynes is carrying the mail. .. Byron
Lock appeared before Justice ;. r. Miller
on Monday. pleaded guilty to one offence
of selling liquor, and was fined SO and
costs.
Worthwhile.
f. 5. Robinson is making attractive i'm
provemeuts in his Portland street estab-
llshment......A young daughter of H. c.
Fisk is reported i'll with diphtheria. .....
| Interesting quarterly meeting services
were held at the Methodist church on
Sunday, Presiding Elder Culver ofiiciat-
| ing. Several were received into the church
..... The engine which was taken on trial
| by the lire department, and which PROV
Ell 50 unsatisfactory, was shipped back to
Massachusetts on Saturday .....The old
| folks cotillion party held last week
for the benefit of the drum corps recently
| organized, was success, there being Il
| large attendance, and the result will be
quite an addition to the treasury of that
organization. 80. The academy students
will hold their first lyceum of
the winter term on Friday evening .....
The dwelling of Mr.. Hart, Il blind man,
living two or three miles out of the vii
lage, WAS burned at about midnight last
Thursday. The family residing in the
house, as well as MIR. Hart, lost quite an
amount of household goods. The fire is
supposed to have originated from detec-
tive t1ue ..... The third in the series of the
village lecture course entertainments call
ed large audience to town hall on Fri
day evening last. EX-Congressman Horn
of Michigan presented in clear and prac
teal manner his lecture upon the labor
problem. The lecture is highly
spoken of by all who attended. 49,.
The annual meeting of Morrsville Grand
Army Post Warner Post, No - was held
on Friday evening. ..... NJ. y. StoughtOn,
late travelling salesman for Byron, Green
ough X Co of Portland, Me, is to travel
for the Morrisville Bakery company.
|
carts from the road, and are now selling
their goods by sample. .....The merchants
have made pretty general preparation fol-
Christmas. but with the miserable travel
ling and other unfaVOrable circumstances
the prospects of "A driving trade are moi
very encouraging.
Cornwall.
Miss Stella Turner, one of the assistant
teachers in the Burr and Burton academy
at Manchester, is home for "A three weeks
vacation ........Mrs a Amanda Hayward
widow of the late Judge Hayward o
Weybridge, died in Cornwall on Friday
Dec ., at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Franklin Hooker, after IA brief illness
Her funeral was largely attend on sun
day. Rev. Mr., Thompson, pastor of tn
Methodist church in Middlebury, of whicl
she was II member, OBLIGATED, assisted b
! Rev. NJ G. Stebbins. The interment wa
in Wey bridge. ..... Rev. NJ. G. Stebbn
hos a sister from Massachusetts Visitin
him........ Harrison Drake OF Burlingto
spent Sunday III town, having been Gale
hither to attend the funeral of bis CRANE
mother, Mrs. Hayward.
. The Weekly Free Press iron
i this da.e is reduced one half
:. is now only ONE DOLLAR
= year
- Bristol.
= There va, a small attendance at Satu
It day butter market, and quotations We
the same rs last week, .....O Il. Ames,
the Malone pOllndtuHl, was in town Las
Thursday attending the funeral of h
d uncle, ". C. Rider. James Tucke
is an old resident, died Friday last aud W.
buried Sunday. The funeral eXercls
It took place at the Methodist church al
;e was attended by a large number, Ho
ii James Farmer the soldier orator, lie
l. lures in IIolley hail next Saturday eve
W ing......P. X. Wilson of the Her0id a.
20 Miss Emma Dixie We're married Sundi
lie evening By Rev. w. O. Tower ,.. The fl
o.. term OF the graded school closes Frda
Mt .,...A Christmas ball is to be given
5. the Commercial House ON the 23d go.
TT The revival meetings at the AdVel
a. church last week We're well attended y,
Rev. ;. r.. Miller begins his labOrs in q
baptist church here January l..,...T The
Will be Christmas trees at the Baptist ~
d Methodist churches on the 23d .,...T III
Ut Treasure Seekers" give an entertal
ia ment New Years eve in the BaptI
e church. Business is dull and will !
ct main so until the roads get settled.
ht Swanton.
ch Monday afternoon, Swanton had h
IL first experience with fire since the wat
.. works system was put in. The scene
On the conilagration was small barn
&C. Second street, on premises occupied
N Leander Morse, and was started by thu
list fiveyearold boys, who set some hay
~. fire for fun. Some of the neighbors lib
of ated the COW and pig and then an ALA
las was given, Jewett hose respond
tn promptly and got there handsomely, Z
ting a stream on like veteran tirem'
Though the fire was small affair a
little property was injured it well i'll
Tor trated what our new water VOL
ha can do for us and our citizens enjoy fe
ng ing of 'gurity against fire that they ne'
EEK enjoyed before. The stuff" in the n
ter hose company Is good .. The Salvati
int army Is attracting considerable attenti
ser and draws goodly sized crowds such
his they are, but 50 far as Is known but (
en- of the enemy have been captured. >
.rn eral youngsters have been arrested a
DOL fined for disturbing the meeting One